Finally, We Can Talk

Yoriichi was confused for a moment. In his memories, he had never met Muzan.

But Muzan's demeanor from beginning to end didn't seem fake, and his brother's words couldn't be ignored.

Muzan hid behind Tsugikuni Michikatsu, poking his head out and saying:

"Even if you're going to repay kindness with enmity, give me a reason!

I haven't been randomly killing people or anything!

I raised you for five years!

Why are you killing me!

Chasing me the moment we meet!

Did I kill your whole family or something?!"

Yoriichi was speechless for a moment.

Isn't it normal for people from the Demon Slayer Corps to hunt down the Demon King?

But he vaguely felt something was wrong.

Did he really have amnesia???

Hiding behind Tsugikuni Michikatsu, Muzan saw Yoriichi fall into confusion and, feeling temporarily safe, breathed a sigh of relief.

Tsugikuni Michikatsu glanced at the so-called Demon King trembling behind him, then at Yoriichi. Now he truly understood what level his brother was at.

A person blessed by the gods...

Tsugikuni Michikatsu joined the Demon Slayer Corps purely for the chance to surpass his brother. He didn't have much of an obsession with killing demons, and since Yoriichi had once said that Muzan could even be considered kind, he advised Yoriichi:

"Calm down and sort out what happened."

Yoriichi held his sword. Fearing that he had finally seen the Demon King only to let him escape, he was unwilling to put the sword down. Seeing this, Muzan chimed in with Tsugikuni Michikatsu:

"Yes, yes, let's all put down our weapons and talk calmly."

Yoriichi looked at his brother's expression and, after hesitating, finally sheathed his sword, watching Muzan warily:

"Alright."

Seeing that Yoriichi had put down his sword, Muzan slowly shifted out from behind Tsugikuni Michikatsu. Yoriichi, whom he had raised for five years, had suddenly gone mad. Knowing how terrifying Yoriichi was, he naturally didn't let down his guard.

One couldn't be too careful!

Yoriichi voiced his confusion, confirming with Muzan: "Have I really met you?"

Muzan could only endure the pain from the small, unhealed wounds and the huge gash on his right arm. Holding his right arm with his left hand, he said:

"Don't you remember meeting me when you left home at seven? Later, I built a new house near Uta's place. I raised you two for five years, do you forget?"

Yoriichi looked bewildered:

"Didn't we build the house after I met Uta? And what is a Half-Demon?"

Now Tsugikuni Michikatsu was also confused, looking at Yoriichi: "You told me about Half-Demons before, how could you not know?"

Yoriichi: "???"

Muzan turned to Tsugikuni Michikatsu: "See, he has amnesia."

At this point, Tsugikuni Michikatsu was a bit more composed. He hadn't expected the so-called Demon King to be so cowardly and foolish:

"Alright, Yoriichi doesn't just have simple amnesia; it's more like someone tampered with him."

"You're right," Muzan agreed with a nod.

He also recalled the incident three years ago when he was inexplicably overcome by a sense of crisis and hid in the Infinity Castle. He looked at the two of them and said seriously:

"Three years ago, I felt a strange sense of crisis. It should be related to Yoriichi's situation. Did Yoriichi encounter anything strange three years ago?"

After speaking, Muzan thought of the Half-Demons who had been constantly causing him trouble and added: "Especially if you encountered any Half-Demons."

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Considering that Yoriichi had forgotten everything related to him, Muzan continued: "Half-Demons are likely another type of demon that has broken free from my control. Most of them are quite deformed."

The two frowned, lost in thought, recalling the events of three years ago.

One reason was that too much time had passed, and they had forgotten many things. Moreover, as demon hunters, they had dealt with plenty of demons.

Even though the frequency of demon appearances had decreased, they had encountered demons at least a dozen times that year.

Tsugikuni Michikatsu suddenly remembered the time Yoriichi and he were on a mission and encountered two demons, one large and one small. The small demon's explosion had given Yoriichi a headache for a while.

The more he thought about it, the more it resembled what Muzan had described, so he told Muzan about it.

Yoriichi, however, was very confused. Although he had strangely had a headache for a while back then, his memory of that period had no apparent discontinuities.

Hearing this, Muzan could confirm that those two were Half-Demons.

To be honest, most of the "demons" encountered by the Demon Slayer Corps were already Half-Demons. Naturally, he had some demons under his command as well.

If they didn't follow his orders and killed innocent people indiscriminately, Muzan wouldn't care if they died. Any others that Muzan noticed, he would inform Nakime to teleport any demons discovered by the Demon Slayer Corps to the Infinity Castle.

So, in reality, many demons were already quite familiar with the Infinity Castle.

Go to the Infinity Castle if you have nowhere to live, and laze around there once you've had your fill of fun...

"It must have been a Half-Demon! They tampered with Yoriichi's memories, damn those sneaky bastards!"

Muzan cursed hatefully.

Kokushibo ignored the useless rambling and pressed on, "But that Half-Demon is already dead. How can we restore Yoriichi's memories now?"

"I don't know."

Muzan replied instantly.

Yoriichi and Kokushibo: "..."

Are you actually proud of that?

"But we can ask someone else."

Muzan brought the two Demon Slayers to Tamayo's residence. When Tamayo saw two burly men suddenly appear in her home, with Nichirin Blades at their waists, she was bewildered and terrified.

When she saw Muzan behind them, all that was left was bewilderment.

What the heck?

Did the boss defect to the enemy??

But she only thought that. Seeing Muzan, although she didn't understand when the dignified Demon King started hanging out with Demon Slayers, she knew there probably wouldn't be any danger.

She looked at Muzan.

"His memories were altered by a Half-Demon using a Blood Demon Art. I was wondering if we could restore them."

Muzan pointed at Yoriichi and looked at Tamayo.

Tamayo vaguely felt Yoriichi looked familiar, but couldn't quite recognize him.

She also didn't understand. Shouldn't you, as the Demon King, be the one who understands Blood Demon Arts the most? Besides, I'm just a medical researcher, why are you asking me about memories?

Muzan listened to Tamayo's inner monologue, his expressionless gaze fixed on her.

Tamayo: "..."

Fine, forget he can hear my thoughts.

And to figure out why demons are controlled by Wisteria Flowers, I did expand my research out of curiosity and studied a bit about Blood Demon Arts.

I do know a little.

Muzan explained the situation in detail. Tamayo pondered for a moment and said:

"This Blood Demon Art should be a one-time use, and it might have been at the cost of the user's life. With such a great price, the Blood Demon Art's effect would become extremely potent, not only making the target unable to detect it, leaving no memory gaps, but also making recovery almost impossible.

Moreover, I can't know if there might be any other side effects."

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